Speaker 1: What we're really looking at is the movement of the
Speaker 1: planets and how that affects us here on Earth and
Speaker 1: our humanness. That has a lot to do with our psychology. Okay,
Speaker 1: so I've given you my birthday, time and place of birth.
Speaker 1: What have you done with the information? What do you see?
Speaker 1: Maybe we can start with the overview and then move on.
Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm so nervous. Instead of using it
Speaker 1: as a way to like categorize or generalize or like
Speaker 1: a geminize this or scorpios this, I actually really like
Speaker 1: to use it to help people connect with each other. Hello, Hello,
Speaker 1: and welcome to another episode of cheek Ease and Chill.
Speaker 1: I'm your host cheek Ease, I hope is off to
Speaker 1: a strong start. Make sure to keep those resolutions going
Speaker 1: for as long as you can. I know I'm gonna try.
Speaker 1: As most of you know, I'm a big fan of astrology.
Speaker 1: I think it's a good way to keep things positive,
Speaker 1: to help steer you in the right direction if you
Speaker 1: do it right. So, without further ado, let's get right
Speaker 1: into it. This is cheek Ease and Chill. To dig
Speaker 1: a little deeper into the whole astrology thing. I'm joined
Speaker 1: by Raquel Raise. She's the astrologer behind the website Astrology
Speaker 1: with Raquel dot com. Raquel, thank you for joining me. Okay,
Speaker 1: So first of all, Raquel or Raquel, which do you prefer? Either?
Speaker 1: I love both. I'm Axicana, so whichever you prefer, and
Speaker 1: thank you so much for having me. Oh my God,
Speaker 1: of course I'm excited. I'm excited. Look because I was
Speaker 1: born in a Christian Catholic family, so a lot of
Speaker 1: my family don't believe in astrology, and I have always
Speaker 1: been different. I have always liked to look into different things,
Speaker 1: astrology being one of them. I also love numerology and
Speaker 1: I follow moon omens on Instagram, and I believe in
Speaker 1: the full moon and the new moon and retrograde and
Speaker 1: how it affects us. So a lot of my family
Speaker 1: don't understand that and think a lot of Latins may
Speaker 1: not understand it. So I'm so glad that you're here
Speaker 1: with us. You can kind of help explain. So tell
Speaker 1: me how did you get into astrology? So I actually
Speaker 1: have known about astrology since I was a very little girl,
Speaker 1: watching Walter Mercado with my grandma all the time, So
Speaker 1: I've always known that I was a Virgo, and growing up,
Speaker 1: I'd always be in the grocery store sneaking in the
Speaker 1: magazine back of it, trying to find my horoscope to
Speaker 1: see what it had to say. So yeah, I always
Speaker 1: had an interest. I also have felt very spiritually inclined,
Speaker 1: just from a very young age, probably like you, and
Speaker 1: I really started exploring astrology when I was eighteen years old.
Speaker 1: I was out on my own and was really having
Speaker 1: just a rough time in life, really trying to find
Speaker 1: my footing, trying to find my ground, and I found
Speaker 1: astrology and I realized, like you had mentioned, it's a
Speaker 1: great way to kind of keep things positive, to sort
Speaker 1: of clarify your path moving forward. And I really started
Speaker 1: to study it initially just because I was interested. I
Speaker 1: didn't anticipate it to turn into my life and my livelihood,
Speaker 1: but it ended up developing into a real passion and
Speaker 1: here I am today. Nice. You know, it's so crazy
Speaker 1: that you mentioned now, because you took me way back.
Speaker 1: I remember him coming out on like Univision and Telemundo,
Speaker 1: and I was little and at my grandma's house, and
Speaker 1: I knew I was a cancer. And after I think
Speaker 1: watching him and he would like read everyone's horoscope or whatnot.
Speaker 1: That's when I started getting interested. I'm like, oh what
Speaker 1: am I? And I figured, okay, I'm a cancer. So
Speaker 1: I would wait and like watch him all the time.
Speaker 1: My grandma would get so much She's like, I didn't
Speaker 1: understand it, you know what I mean? Like, I think
Speaker 1: some people just get confused, which is you know, brings
Speaker 1: me to my next question. Can you tell us about
Speaker 1: your method? How do you do readings? For instance? Yeah,
Speaker 1: of course. So for me, when we're looking at astrology,
Speaker 1: what we're really looking at is the movement of the
Speaker 1: planets and how that affects us here on Earth and
Speaker 1: our humanness. That has a lot to do with our psychology.
Speaker 1: So I really look at astrology as a fun way
Speaker 1: to get to know ourselves and get to know each
Speaker 1: other because it reveals so much of our past, present,
Speaker 1: and future in a way that's really resonant and really accepting.
Speaker 1: So I kind of look at it as a way
Speaker 1: to help ourselves. It's sort of this map, if you will.
Speaker 1: I almost think of it as looking at like a
Speaker 1: cheat code to life. It really has so much helpful information.
Speaker 1: So when I'm working with the clients in a session,
Speaker 1: It's really all about how can we use astrology to
Speaker 1: move life forward? Can you explain to me and also
Speaker 1: to the listeners that may not know what a chart
Speaker 1: is exactly? What does a chart reveal? It's very different
Speaker 1: and very specific for each person, correct, because it matters
Speaker 1: what time you were born and things like that. It does.
Speaker 1: So I absolutely love the natal chart and what it
Speaker 1: is is a snapshot of where all the planets were
Speaker 1: at the exact moment of your birth. So it's based
Speaker 1: on your birth date, the location of your birth, and
Speaker 1: the time of your birth, and it is specific to you.
Speaker 1: And your chart is going to be telling the story
Speaker 1: of your past, your present, and your future. And within
Speaker 1: your natal chart you can learn a lot about yourself.
Speaker 1: And everyone has one and you can actually cast your
Speaker 1: chart for free at astro dot com. Nice. Thank you
Speaker 1: so astro dot com. You guys, if you guys are
Speaker 1: interested after hearing this episode and you want to know
Speaker 1: a little bit more about astrology. Okay, so I've given
Speaker 1: you my birthday, time and place of birth. What have
Speaker 1: you done with the information? What do you see? Maybe
Speaker 1: we can start with the overview and then move on.
Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm so nervous of course. Yeah. So
Speaker 1: you know, the first thing that I noticed when I'm
Speaker 1: looking at your chart is I'm saying, of course you
Speaker 1: are a cancer, your cancer son in the ninth House.
Speaker 1: And what that tells us about you is that you're
Speaker 1: a natural born leader who loves adventure and exploration of
Speaker 1: the world and the people around you. You know, you're
Speaker 1: curious about culture, lauda sociology. I think you have like
Speaker 1: a constant thirst for knowledge and learning, and then you
Speaker 1: know you're gonna be the type of person where you're
Speaker 1: going to live your life and you're going to acquire
Speaker 1: a lot of lived experiences that ultimately shape you into
Speaker 1: who you are constantly evolving into. So you love to
Speaker 1: grow as a person. You're always looking for ways to
Speaker 1: deepen your connections to grow. I think your nature is
Speaker 1: sensitive and emotional, but then there's this piece that comes
Speaker 1: in with you where you really protect the people that
Speaker 1: you love and really protect the things that you're passionate about.
Speaker 1: Your son's one alone is just so incredibly powerful, but
Speaker 1: for you, it really is about expanding and exploring. Yes, absolutely,
Speaker 1: I always say knowledge is power, and it's important for
Speaker 1: me to read or to find information and even to
Speaker 1: learn new words every day. It's just a thing that
Speaker 1: I have since I was I was younger. Um, so
Speaker 1: that's crazy that you say that. And for me, everyone
Speaker 1: knows the people that I love, I protect them. My
Speaker 1: siblings are everything to me. So it's like someone says
Speaker 1: something or messes with them or or my boyfriend or
Speaker 1: something people that I love. I'm just like, so now
Speaker 1: I'm like, wait, hold on, you know, and I stand
Speaker 1: for what I believe. I'm very like that. Like if
Speaker 1: I don't think something is right, I am all about justice.
Speaker 1: I don't know. If I see something, I'm the type
Speaker 1: to say something and say, hey guys, um, that's not cool,
Speaker 1: that's crazy. Oh my goodness. And you know, cancer is
Speaker 1: very powerful. Cancer rules the entire summer season. It's a
Speaker 1: season starter sign, so it's very very powerful. But you know,
Speaker 1: there's this other part of your personality that we see
Speaker 1: in your charge. And this is your moon sign now
Speaker 1: that we're looking at. So we know your cancer. You're powerful,
Speaker 1: You're the nurturer and the protector, you're the explorer. Now
Speaker 1: we have this new energy coming in right with your
Speaker 1: moon sign. So in astrology, your moon sign is your
Speaker 1: inner world. It's your heart, it's your emotions, it's who
Speaker 1: you really are deep down inside. It is the part
Speaker 1: of you that sometimes you never reveal because it's so
Speaker 1: intimate and so for you, this energy is libra. And
Speaker 1: what this means for you is that you strive for
Speaker 1: balance when things are off, you strive for peace. You
Speaker 1: want justice and situations. It's so important for you that
Speaker 1: things are equal, that there's equality. I think you know
Speaker 1: here we see that you're deeply emotional. You probably love
Speaker 1: a good mystery. There's probably that. Yes, I love forensic files. Oh, yes,
Speaker 1: you're very because you want to know why. You're very
Speaker 1: in tune with the subconscious realms, and you know what,
Speaker 1: you could even feel very psychic at times. Absolutely. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was going to ask you about that. I was
Speaker 1: noticing it or feeling like you received these intuitive hits
Speaker 1: all the time. And I've learned the hard way where
Speaker 1: I ignore those gut feelings or those things I feel like,
Speaker 1: especially when I'm eating right not so much meat. And
Speaker 1: this might sound weird. I don't know you. I don't
Speaker 1: know if you can relate. But when I don't eat
Speaker 1: that much meat or poultry, I I feel like and
Speaker 1: I'm having more juices and more greens and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: I'm meeting cleaner. I feel like my intuition is crazy,
Speaker 1: Like I feel like I'm on a different vibration and
Speaker 1: I feel things and I see things before they come,
Speaker 1: and then I'm like no, no no, no, I shake it
Speaker 1: off or I ignore that feeling and then it comes
Speaker 1: invites me in the ass. So I've learned to just
Speaker 1: listen and really try to follow that feeling because I
Speaker 1: feel like I am kind of psychic. My mom was too,
Speaker 1: big time, absolutely, and it's it's in your chart in
Speaker 1: a couple of different places, actually, So I love to
Speaker 1: hear that it resonates with you. I think looking at
Speaker 1: your chart too, it's like you are such a people person.
Speaker 1: You love being with and around other people. That's like
Speaker 1: a core value that I think you probably have is
Speaker 1: to be in connection, to be in community, to be
Speaker 1: in relationship. Um. I think you learn a lot about
Speaker 1: yourself through your relationships too. So you go through these
Speaker 1: relationships throughout your life and they, oh my gosh, they
Speaker 1: really uncover. It's like these layers that you never would
Speaker 1: have explored without the relationship. So very relationship centric, very
Speaker 1: I do. I love to talk. I love to be
Speaker 1: around people. I love to be around my family. And yes,
Speaker 1: I'd rather be in a relationship than not, to be honest,
Speaker 1: And a lot of times I've made the mistake of
Speaker 1: jumping into relationships too soon, um and not allowing that
Speaker 1: healing process. And I admit that, but I just feel
Speaker 1: like I just do better with a partner and I
Speaker 1: I just I am more monogamous in that way, you know.
Speaker 1: And I think it's important for you to be in relationships.
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes we we yes enter into them too quickly,
Speaker 1: but there's lessons in that too. I think for you,
Speaker 1: the most important thing is taking time alone to recharge
Speaker 1: your batteries. Oh that is Oh yes, I always need
Speaker 1: at least a day or two where I just drive myself,
Speaker 1: I'm by myself. I need that, like I love being
Speaker 1: around people, um and sometimes to a fault because I
Speaker 1: sometimes just do need that alone time. We all need it.
Speaker 1: So for me, I've learned to just say, hey, I
Speaker 1: gotta go and just do me today. And I remember
Speaker 1: what I was going to tell you earlier in regards
Speaker 1: to relationships. Before I used to see his relationships is
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, like that was such a bad experience,
Speaker 1: and I've learned to see it as that is a teacher,
Speaker 1: a master, and that relationship, that person is going to
Speaker 1: help me and catapult me to the next level in
Speaker 1: a relationships, it helps you learn so much about yourself
Speaker 1: and about what you want and you don't want in
Speaker 1: a relationship. So I've learned to kind of just see
Speaker 1: it differently, because yes, everyone we encounter is there for
Speaker 1: a reason and is there to teach you something. And
Speaker 1: some people are meant to be with you certain seasons
Speaker 1: of your life and then not be there. So astrology
Speaker 1: and stuff like that has also helped me understand that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's a beautiful reflection and so many beautiful
Speaker 1: reminders in there. I think, I mean, speaking of beautiful,
Speaker 1: I think you really understand beauty. Um, what beauty is
Speaker 1: just I think you value beauty and I mean moving
Speaker 1: beyond aesthetics. It's like you understand what it means. I
Speaker 1: think to be like a truly beautiful person inside and out, mind, body, soul.
Speaker 1: There's a different and deeper resonance with beauty. It goes
Speaker 1: like way deeper with you, um, and I think it's
Speaker 1: a really beautiful thing to see in your chart. But like,
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, you're all about the aesthetics too
Speaker 1: and like looking super cute what you do, so that's
Speaker 1: in there too, but it goes beyond that. Yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 1: That's why I opened up a beauty salon because and
Speaker 1: and now, not only was it a beauty salon, but
Speaker 1: I had quote all over everywhere in every corner that
Speaker 1: you look something positive in affirmation. Um, because I'm all
Speaker 1: about like, yes, it's nice to look beautiful on the outside,
Speaker 1: but you have to really feed your heart, your mind.
Speaker 1: It always connected and I always say that beauty starts
Speaker 1: in the heart. So wow, that's crazy. Yes. And the
Speaker 1: third thing I'm looking at in your chart that I
Speaker 1: find so compelling is your rising sign. So your rising sign,
Speaker 1: it's your energetic frequency. It's kind of like the vibe
Speaker 1: that you give off to people, Like if there was
Speaker 1: a first impression and someone meets you, it's the vibe.
Speaker 1: So for you, this is Scorpio. Yeah, and you're what
Speaker 1: we call an astrology a plutonium and plutoniums are just
Speaker 1: known to be so alluring, so magnetic, so beautiful. Um,
Speaker 1: it's the phoenix rising from the ashes as well. So
Speaker 1: you have this massive drive to transform as you move
Speaker 1: throughout your life. So transformation is a really big keyword
Speaker 1: on your journey for you. You're extremely determined, you're motivated
Speaker 1: towards your passions, and you have this really powerful and
Speaker 1: charismatic personality that other people are really drawn to. And
Speaker 1: in some ways you might actually feel like a healer.
Speaker 1: It might be something that you step more into, you know,
Speaker 1: as you move throughout life. Yes, oh my gosh, I've
Speaker 1: never talked about this before. It's crazy because I was
Speaker 1: a lot more into astrology when I was younger, and
Speaker 1: I feel that with time and being busy with work
Speaker 1: and just you know, doing the thing, you know, doing
Speaker 1: my thing, that I've kind of left that on the
Speaker 1: back burner and I've always failed like I could do
Speaker 1: some type of of healing work. I've thought about, you know,
Speaker 1: chakras and stuff like that. I'm all into all that stuff,
Speaker 1: and I feel like if I'm on the right track
Speaker 1: and I'm in my higher self and doing what I
Speaker 1: need to do. Like I mean, again, it might sound silly,
Speaker 1: but even like as much as I'm not drinking so
Speaker 1: much coffee, not eating so much meat, um, not alcohol
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, I feel like all that helps
Speaker 1: you just get really in tuned with that higher and
Speaker 1: staying centered, you know. And I've always felt that I'm
Speaker 1: gonna do something of that sort later on in life.
Speaker 1: But it's crazy. I've always felt like I want to
Speaker 1: help people on a different level, Like I feel like
Speaker 1: I'm here to help people, and I always want to
Speaker 1: be a positive influence in their life, whether it be
Speaker 1: on you know, a bigger scale, like with my music
Speaker 1: and my books and stuff, but also in my personal life.
Speaker 1: Like I feel like everyone that enters my life, they're
Speaker 1: there for a reason and I have to help them
Speaker 1: and guide them because I feel like I'm an old,
Speaker 1: old soul, like I believe in reincarnation. I I feel
Speaker 1: like I've been here many many times. Just a lot
Speaker 1: of things just come to me like out of nowhere,
Speaker 1: and I feel it or I just kind of already
Speaker 1: know how to do it. Yeah. And you know, looking
Speaker 1: at your chart, your past life energy is Scorpio. So
Speaker 1: when your past life energy is Scorpio, it shows many
Speaker 1: past lives in you know, esoteric or in mysticism, or
Speaker 1: in a space where you're really going with the flow
Speaker 1: of life and letting yourself use your imagination. You just
Speaker 1: have what it looks like. You know, it's like mystical depth,
Speaker 1: it's like emotional depth. One thing about you is that
Speaker 1: I believe you have this really beautiful gift, and maybe
Speaker 1: it's something you help people with, but you have this
Speaker 1: ability to transmit your pain into something more beautiful, into
Speaker 1: something new, into something different. It's like you know how
Speaker 1: to turn pain into power. Oh my goodness, it's a
Speaker 1: huge gift. Wow, thank you. That's something that um, I've
Speaker 1: learned and I'm learning to. For a long time, I
Speaker 1: thought I have to go through something in order to bloom,
Speaker 1: like I have to feel some type of pain, because
Speaker 1: that's what I've been used to since I can remember,
Speaker 1: you know, if it wasn't one thing or another. You know,
Speaker 1: it's almost like I know that when something bad and
Speaker 1: I'm going through a really bad moment in my life,
Speaker 1: I'm like I always think and I'm super positive and
Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, this is happening for a reason, because
Speaker 1: something great is coming, because a blessing is coming. And
Speaker 1: that keeps me going and it helps me, you know,
Speaker 1: stay focused on the light at the end of the tunnel.
Speaker 1: But I also have learned to say, just you know what, No,
Speaker 1: I don't necessarily have to not everything has to be
Speaker 1: hard in order for me to feel accomplished. Per se.
Speaker 1: It's been a journey, and I think life is just
Speaker 1: about evolution, and we're evolving creatures and it's just a
Speaker 1: part of it. I've learned that there's ups and downs
Speaker 1: and it's the way it's going to be. Because if
Speaker 1: it was just always butterflies and unicorns and everything, like,
Speaker 1: I think that it would be not only boring in
Speaker 1: my opinion, but it would also be we wouldn't grow,
Speaker 1: you know, and and growing is painful. Growing pains they're real,
Speaker 1: you guys. So um, I've learned that after the rain,
Speaker 1: here comes a rainbow, you know, like that saying it
Speaker 1: sounds cliche, but it's true. It's just you can really turn.
Speaker 1: And I always say pain is a pastor promotion, So
Speaker 1: learning to just see it that way. So that's that's
Speaker 1: crazy that you say that, because it's true. That's I'm like,
Speaker 1: it's okay, guys, hold on. I always say hope, h
Speaker 1: O p E hold on, pain ends. That's what hope is, guys.
Speaker 1: So just y, I I love that. Since we're in
Speaker 1: a new year, what do you see or what is
Speaker 1: this year looking like for me? My love life, career, money, friendship,
Speaker 1: all that good stuff. Of course, so I'm excited for
Speaker 1: your Oh yeah, you have three highlighted points and they're
Speaker 1: going to be career, relationships and love and adventure. Okay, nice.
Speaker 1: So with career, um, this spring, you are going to
Speaker 1: be starting a new twelve years cycle in your life,
Speaker 1: and you're going to experience new influence and new abundance
Speaker 1: in a way that you maybe haven't felt since two
Speaker 1: thousand and ten. Okay, yeah, So I'm not sure what
Speaker 1: life was like back in two thousand and ten, but
Speaker 1: you're setting a new cycle for the next twelve years
Speaker 1: and career. Wow, that that's crazy because two thousand nine
Speaker 1: I kind of started stepping into out of my mom's
Speaker 1: shadow and into like my own career of reality and
Speaker 1: kind of just being the one behind the cameras. I
Speaker 1: started stepping in front of the cameras, and then I
Speaker 1: started my own reality show. And it was just that's
Speaker 1: crazy that you're saying that, right. Wow, Oh God, I
Speaker 1: was wondering. I was wondering what looks like for you? So,
Speaker 1: I mean, you just did twelve years of that cycle.
Speaker 1: So you should be so proud and just totally honor
Speaker 1: where at because you've done a lot at twelve year cycle,
Speaker 1: it's a full Jupiter cycle. They say, if you've done
Speaker 1: anything for twelve years, it makes you an expert, you know,
Speaker 1: So you should be so proud. Oh I got my
Speaker 1: doctorate degree. Oh my god, yes, my PhD. In life yes, absolutely, no,
Speaker 1: lived experiences everything. And I think this year, this is
Speaker 1: the year that you really assert yourself into the world
Speaker 1: and you show people who you really are, like who
Speaker 1: you really are. Um you know, your life's calling is
Speaker 1: going to be illuminated for you not once, not twice,
Speaker 1: but many times in two And what you're going to
Speaker 1: feel probably is this desire to perform from the heart,
Speaker 1: to really share your inner world, possibly for the first
Speaker 1: time ever in a way that maybe you never have before. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's exciting. I think it's so exciting. And you know
Speaker 1: in two you have what we call in astrology, it's
Speaker 1: called a notal a turn. It's a really special time
Speaker 1: in your life where everything moves in the direction of
Speaker 1: your highest calling, so you're guided towards your mission in life. Now,
Speaker 1: this would have happened back when you were eighteen or
Speaker 1: nineteen years old, and what it's going to feel like
Speaker 1: the second time around. It's not that the same things
Speaker 1: will happen, but it's almost like this energy of you've
Speaker 1: acquired almost nineteen years of lived experience, and so now
Speaker 1: these events that are faithful and kind of feel karmic.
Speaker 1: New experiences are going to come to the forefront, and
Speaker 1: you're gonna have these beautiful awakenings like what do I want?
Speaker 1: What type of evolution do I want to take place?
Speaker 1: And you're going to grow exponentially towards your next level.
Speaker 1: It's like this inevitable change that we go through. During
Speaker 1: this time, you are going to receive so much clarity
Speaker 1: and it's going to bring you this really deep resonance. Um.
Speaker 1: It's also another time where like achievements might be recognized
Speaker 1: in a really big way. It's like all your hard
Speaker 1: work is finally going to pay off. It's this really
Speaker 1: beautiful experience. My god, I'm getting chills. Yeah, and then
Speaker 1: it'll happen again when you're fifty five. Oh that's cool, Okay,
Speaker 1: It's something to look forward to absolutely. And then you know,
Speaker 1: with relationships and stuff, so building relationships and important connections
Speaker 1: it's that's also part of your calling in this lifetime.
Speaker 1: So since you're being called towards your life's mission, love
Speaker 1: is a really big part of the story. And I
Speaker 1: think that the way you ritualize your love life is
Speaker 1: going to change. Maybe you and your partners start doing
Speaker 1: things together, start doing mind, body, soul techniques together. Um,
Speaker 1: your shift is going to focus into what feels really
Speaker 1: good for you, guys as a couple, what feels really
Speaker 1: good for you and your partnership and love, and not
Speaker 1: what people say should feel really good, but like what
Speaker 1: actually feels good for you. So it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: lot about forging your own path being unique. Another thing
Speaker 1: is you might lean into like dancing and the arts
Speaker 1: and music and spirituality, or you might in just be like,
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm going with the flow. Nice. I
Speaker 1: need that. I need to just go with the flow.
Speaker 1: Sometimes we want to have control and we want to
Speaker 1: control everything, and it's just you know what, just let
Speaker 1: it be, you know, Like, I really it's crazy because
Speaker 1: I want to take more trips this year. I want
Speaker 1: to actually have two big vacations, so adventures in there,
Speaker 1: like you had mentioned, this is exciting, guys. Adventures totally
Speaker 1: a part of your story. In two, you're in two.
Speaker 1: If you can picture it, I can picture it for you.
Speaker 1: You're gonna be living in excitement, like living on the dream.
Speaker 1: You're gonna be wanting to explore, and it could be
Speaker 1: physical travel, but it can also be travel of the mind.
Speaker 1: So learning new information. I see you just like devouring information,
Speaker 1: whether it's like learning something super valuable or learning more
Speaker 1: about culture and community or spirituality. I could totally see
Speaker 1: you doing that. But you're you're not gonna want to
Speaker 1: sit still in two. Okay, Well that's fun. I love it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm all about learning and growing. So that's that's awesome.
Speaker 1: And this is what I love about astrology because it
Speaker 1: just kind of sets the tone of good that we're
Speaker 1: doing this now the beginning of the year, the top
Speaker 1: of the year, because it just helps you like focus
Speaker 1: on these things that you've told me, and it's it's
Speaker 1: just it sets a nice positive tone to the rest
Speaker 1: of the year. And many people are like, oh, it's
Speaker 1: just mental. Well yeah, it is. Like it's the law
Speaker 1: of attraction and I'm going to attract all these things
Speaker 1: that Raquel said because I want them to come. So yes, yes,
Speaker 1: you are on a spiritual voyage of beautiful self discovery
Speaker 1: in two and there might be some like other changes
Speaker 1: that you have to just like little things like you
Speaker 1: might functuate your space or like move all your furniture,
Speaker 1: do a little remodeling, like you might do some changes
Speaker 1: in that way. But ultimately, it's like every time that
Speaker 1: you awaken your mind or you travel or you explore,
Speaker 1: you're gonna feel abundance. And it's a year where I
Speaker 1: think maybe external circumstances in the world could still be chaotic,
Speaker 1: but for you in particular, you're going to be finding
Speaker 1: in your triumphant joy in the year ahead. Yes, because
Speaker 1: I know that there are some things that, um we're
Speaker 1: going to be dealing with, you know, things that are
Speaker 1: inevitable as far as you know, in my personal life
Speaker 1: with maybe some family or whatnot. But I told myself,
Speaker 1: I want to really stay centered and focused within and
Speaker 1: not let that outside noise and chaos affect me and
Speaker 1: bleed into my inner peace, you know, because I've done
Speaker 1: that so much in the past and it just really
Speaker 1: takes a toll on everything. So that's that's good confirmation.
Speaker 1: It would be all right, it will be It'll be
Speaker 1: more than all right, you're gonna have an amazing year. Kill.
Speaker 1: Could you walk us through the characteristics for all the signs.
Speaker 1: Let's start with the air sign, then we can move
Speaker 1: on to water, Earth, and fire. Of course, so air signs.
Speaker 1: If you're an air sign, you're a Libra, Aquarius or Gemini.
Speaker 1: You are thought based. You're an excellent communicator. You're going
Speaker 1: to be the ideas person in the group who likes
Speaker 1: to lead with mindset and intelligence, great observers and quick witted.
Speaker 1: If you are a fire sign, your aries Leo or Sagittarius.
Speaker 1: You are action based, so you're all about going for it.
Speaker 1: You're gregarious, you're assertive, your fiery, You're going to be
Speaker 1: the life of the party, and you're the visionary of
Speaker 1: the zodiac. Now for the water signs out there, you
Speaker 1: are Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. You are a feeling based person
Speaker 1: who is very emotionally centered and you like to feel
Speaker 1: your way into everything, into decisions, into friendships. You love
Speaker 1: to go deep beneath the surface, and you're very intuitive.
Speaker 1: And as for the Earth signs, if your Earth sign
Speaker 1: your Capricorn, Virgo or Taurus, and you are results driven.
Speaker 1: You like to see those tangible results. You're also assertive
Speaker 1: but earthy. These are the go getters of the zodiac
Speaker 1: who love to help build it and perfect everything that
Speaker 1: they touch. Oh, I love this, love it. Um. Do
Speaker 1: you have something for like each sign, like a little
Speaker 1: something you'd like to give them for the year? And
Speaker 1: absolutely so. In the Year of everyone's going to kind
Speaker 1: of experience a couple of different shifts in life, a
Speaker 1: couple of different changes. So if you're Aries, you're gonna
Speaker 1: experience growth in spirituality and your identity. If your Tourists,
Speaker 1: you're gonna experience growth in your friendships and mysticism. If
Speaker 1: your Gemini, you're going to experience growth and career and community.
Speaker 1: If your Cancer, You're going to experience growth and adventure
Speaker 1: and your influence in the world. For Leo's, you're gonna
Speaker 1: grow with your resources and your knowledge. Virgos are going
Speaker 1: to grow relationships and their power to manifest. Libra are
Speaker 1: going to grow beautiful self love and deeper connections. Scorpio
Speaker 1: are going to grow pleasure and routines in their lives.
Speaker 1: Sagittary Us will grow intuition and romance. Capricorn will grow
Speaker 1: in communication and get very very stable, Aquarius will develop
Speaker 1: new self esteem and consciousness, and Pisces will grow in
Speaker 1: identity and wealth creation. Thank you, Raquel, there you have it, guys,
Speaker 1: that's so awesome. I think it's good to know what
Speaker 1: to expect for the year. That way, you kind of
Speaker 1: just know how to carry yourself for certain little changes
Speaker 1: that you can make, you know what I mean. So
Speaker 1: I hope that did help, Raquel. I super appreciate that.
Speaker 1: So a lot of people don't believe in the language
Speaker 1: of cosmos, Raquel, what do you say to them? I say,
Speaker 1: it's not something to believe in, it's something to enjoy,
Speaker 1: you know. I like to really differentiate all the time.
Speaker 1: I used to be honest with you. When I first
Speaker 1: started studying astrology, I didn't like a lot of what
Speaker 1: they said about virgos. You know, it didn't all land
Speaker 1: for me. And so I really invite people to take
Speaker 1: a deeper look, maybe find astrologers who really align with
Speaker 1: your core values. The astrology that you're receiving is only
Speaker 1: as woke or informed as the astrologer educates themselves to be.
Speaker 1: And there's so much astrology out there, so there's different
Speaker 1: types of astrology, and I think that there's something for everybody.
Speaker 1: I agree, Thank you, Thank you so much. I love
Speaker 1: how you put that raquel. How do you use astrology
Speaker 1: to help people? M I love that question. So one
Speaker 1: of the things that I love about astrology is that
Speaker 1: it can really help us experience self acceptance and to
Speaker 1: really help us understand ourselves in a way that we
Speaker 1: might not naturally. And within that, I think that we
Speaker 1: then are equipped with the ability to have that same
Speaker 1: understanding and acceptance with each other. So instead of using
Speaker 1: it as a way to like categorize or generalize or
Speaker 1: like a geminize this or scorpios this, I actually really
Speaker 1: like to use it to help people connect with each other,
Speaker 1: to find that common ground, to find out that, like,
Speaker 1: we're all human at the end of it, and to
Speaker 1: recognize that we do have a lot in common. And
Speaker 1: astrology can also help us recognize that we have a
Speaker 1: lot of differences, and that's another way that we can
Speaker 1: bond and connect. So that's how I like to use
Speaker 1: it to help people. No, yeah, I completely agree, because,
Speaker 1: like I said earlier too, I follow moon omens on
Speaker 1: Instagram and I love a lot of the stuff that
Speaker 1: they post. It's helped me a lot, and I like
Speaker 1: to share on my Instagram, but I also look into horoscopes,
Speaker 1: especially when I'm in a relationship, because sometimes to say
Speaker 1: you're not compatible, But what if you can be compatible
Speaker 1: just because you know what that person is like, what
Speaker 1: they don't like, or how they are. I don't take
Speaker 1: things so personal anymore now that I know, and I ask, hey,
Speaker 1: what's your horoscope? That way I know how to understand them,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So that way we can
Speaker 1: just coexist versus saying I'm not compatible with you because
Speaker 1: apparently my boyfriend he's a gemini and I'm a cancer,
Speaker 1: so we're not compatible. Yeah, but I'm like, you know what,
Speaker 1: he is healthy. I think we all have the unhealthy
Speaker 1: and healthy parts of ourselves obviously, and we have to
Speaker 1: just feed that healthy part of us every single day.
Speaker 1: And he, I like to say, he's a healthy Gemini.
Speaker 1: I understand him, and I know how to make him
Speaker 1: happy and what makes him upset. So I just kind
Speaker 1: of stay in those lanes and we're good, you know.
Speaker 1: And it's worked out great, honestly, because we're both on
Speaker 1: the same page. But anyways, so, what's the biggest misconception
Speaker 1: about astrology Riquel. So I talk about this a lot,
Speaker 1: and I love that you just brought it up. But
Speaker 1: one of the biggest misconceptions is that we are not
Speaker 1: compatible with certain signs. I have this firm belief that
Speaker 1: we can make it work with quite literally anyone of
Speaker 1: any zodiac sign, whether that is in friendship and love,
Speaker 1: in family connections, in any way that we connect. I
Speaker 1: think that any sign can be compatible with any sign.
Speaker 1: And I always like to remind people that we have
Speaker 1: our sun sign right, like, so, you're a cancer, I'm
Speaker 1: a Virgo, but we actually have a whole entire chart
Speaker 1: beyond the sun sign that tells the story of our
Speaker 1: lives through the planets, and when we look at that,
Speaker 1: we're really getting a deeper look. So knowing that there's
Speaker 1: a little bit more to it, going deeper than the
Speaker 1: sun sign, all of that is super helpful as you're
Speaker 1: trying to enjoy astrology. I'm telling you, the one that's
Speaker 1: more into the astrology and depth is my brother Johnny.
Speaker 1: He's twenty years old, but he checks all of our
Speaker 1: charts and knows all about it and everything. So I
Speaker 1: just found out. I'm like, oh, you have your moon
Speaker 1: sign and you're rising and all these things that I
Speaker 1: wasn't aware of, And he's really brought me to a
Speaker 1: different side of things because again growing up, but we
Speaker 1: weren't really allowed to read our horoscopes. If my grandma
Speaker 1: or my mom saw us do that, it was kind
Speaker 1: of like no, because it was against our religion. And
Speaker 1: I think people get confused with astrology and how to
Speaker 1: use it versus you know, it's because it's so different.
Speaker 1: It got like and you know, whoever wants to whatever,
Speaker 1: it's everyone, that's your life. I'm not anyone to judge,
Speaker 1: but I think people confuse astrology and white magic and
Speaker 1: black magic and all these things that I feel do
Speaker 1: exist because they do. Like goold exist, bad exists as well,
Speaker 1: and it's just it's thinking of the yang and it's
Speaker 1: just something that's part of life. But I always was
Speaker 1: brought up to like it's just a bad thing. It's
Speaker 1: it's a bad thing to do, and you shouldn't follow
Speaker 1: those things and why do you want to know your future?
Speaker 1: And I see it as why not just use it
Speaker 1: in a positive way like we've been talking about, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: And it's a huge misconception to that astrology has any
Speaker 1: type of religious association at all. It's actually built on astronomy, psychology, math,
Speaker 1: and ancient metaphysics at its foundation. At its base. Yes,
Speaker 1: so I'm so glad. This is why I was like,
Speaker 1: it's perfect for you to be here, so you can
Speaker 1: explain that. I'd like to leave you with a little
Speaker 1: bit of motivation. You guys know my motivational mondays, my
Speaker 1: little quote, and I want to do one in Spanish,
Speaker 1: you guys this time, so here we go. Me Okay,
Speaker 1: I love this quote. I'm gonna tell you why I
Speaker 1: always say this. You guys, don't look at anyone else
Speaker 1: as competition. You are your own competition. You are here
Speaker 1: on your journey, and I feel like astrology is part
Speaker 1: of that, like kind of just to help you and
Speaker 1: navigate through the day, through the week, through the month
Speaker 1: of the year, and just stay in your lane, staying focused,
Speaker 1: you know, staying focused on what you can do better,
Speaker 1: how you can be better, the best version of yourself,
Speaker 1: without looking anywhere else, because that some times distracts you
Speaker 1: and doesn't allow you to focus within. So anyways, that's
Speaker 1: why I chose this particular quote for the day. And
Speaker 1: Raquel again, thank you so much, thank you. And before
Speaker 1: we go. I would love to have you share your
Speaker 1: social media and where people can find you. Absolutely so
Speaker 1: on Twitter, I'm astro with Raquel and Instagram i am
Speaker 1: astrology dot with dot Raquel. Awesome. Okay, thank you, Raquel.
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